Genetics

Question 1

What is a characteristic that is passed down from parent to offspring?

Answer 1

traits

Question 2

What is the passing of traits from parent to offspring?

Answer 2

heredity

Question 3

What is the study of heredity?

Answer 3

genetics

Question 4

What are the different forms of a trait that make up a gene pair?

Answer 4

alleles

Question 5

How many alleles are there for each trait?

Answer 5

2 (one from the mom and one from the dad)

Question 6

Who is the father of genetics?

Answer 6

Gregor Mendel

Question 7

What is an allele that seems to disappear?

Answer 7

recessive

Question 8

What is an allele that always shows if it’s present?

Answer 8

dominant

Question 9

What law states that two alleles for the same trait separate during the formation of sex cells?

Answer 9

Law of Segregation

Question 10

What law states that if a trait has two different alleles, one will be dominant and show and the other is recessive and be hidden?

Answer 10

Law of Dominance

Question 11

What law states that each trait is inherited independently?

Answer 11

Law of Independent Assortment

Question 12

What is a tool used to predict the outcome of a trait in offspring of two known parents?

Answer 12

Punnett Square

Question 13

What is the genetic makeup, for example Bb?

Answer 13

genotype

Question 14

What is physically seen of a trait, for example blue eyes?

Answer 14

phenotype

Question 15

What is it called when there are two different alleles?

Answer 15

heterozygous

Question 16

What is it called when there are two of the same alleles?

Answer 16

homozygous